栃木県内一般乳幼児家庭におけるlife event の状況 : 乳幼児健診時における調査

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  • Study of Life Events in Families with Infants in Tochigi Prefecture : Investigation at routine infant health checkups
  • トチギケンナイ イッパン ニュウヨウジ カテイ ニ オケル life even

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This study was performed to collect baseline data on the life events occurring in Japanese families with infants. The author gave a life event questionnaire to mothers who attended routine infant health checkups at three district health cecters in Tochigi. Coddington's questionnaire with some modifications was used. There were 1528 families at the 3- or 4-month checkup, 1498 families at 8- or 10-month checkup, 1541 families at the 18-month checkup and 790 families at the 36-month checkup. The means and standard deviations for life events were 0.50±0.89 at 3 or 4 months of age, 0.49±0.93 at 8 or 10 months of age, 0.73±1.20 at 18 months of age, and 1.84±2.0 at 36 months of age. Some significant differences in the mean number of life events were found for different regions of Tochigi Prefecture. The average scores of the life change units (LCU) were also calculated. There were significant differences in the mean number of life events between group with different infant birth orders, with different maternal ages and with different paternal occupations. When the infant was the first child, the family tended to have more life events. The younger the mother was, the more the family tended to have life events. Families in which the father was a farmer had less life events. These findings have not been reportde previously. The mean number of life events did not consistently increase with the age of the infant. It decreased when infants were 8 or 10 months old, and increased with age thereafter. The average scores of life change units showed a similar pattern with one exception. When the sum of the data of the first 18 months and the data at 36 months of age were compared, there was no difference in the number of life events, but a significant difference in the LCUs. This seemed to reflect the fact that many families had had their next child by the time these infants became 36 months old. "The birth of a younger sibling" is usualy associated with another more stressful event, that is, "the hospitalization of the mother". This finding suggests that both the number and the LCU of a life event should be considered in the study of life events. It was also found that families which had many life events had a tendency to consistently have many life events. These families had common features such as a mother having a new job and a father being young.

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  • 心身医学

    心身医学 30 (5), 483-491, 1990

    一般社団法人 日本心身医学会

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